AmphibiaWeb is an online system enabling anyone online to
search and retrieve information relating to amphibian biology
and conservation. This site was inspired by the global declines of
amphibians, the study of which has been hindered by the lack of
multidisplinary studies and a lack of coordination in monitoring, in
field studies, and in lab studies. We hope AmphibiaWeb will encourage a
shared vision for the study of global amphibian declines and the
conservation of remaining amphibians.

We have the ambitious goal of establishing a "home page" for every
species of amphibian in the world. In order to accomplish this goal we encourage volunteers and
specialists to help us prepare species accounts. If you have special
interest in a particular species, please contact us.

AmphibiaWeb already offers ready access to taxonomic information for
every recognized species of amphibian in the world. Species accounts are
being added regularly by specialists and volunteers and they contain
species descriptions, life history information, conservation status,
literature references, photos and range maps for many species. Some
species have complete accounts; others as yet have only photographs
or distributions.
But all species can be queried for taxonomic, distributional and
exact specimen data. AmphibiaWeb offers a powerful mapping tool by combining museum specimen data (via HerpNET) with expert opinion range maps (from Global Amphibian Assessment/IUCN) and overlaying these onto larger maps, allowing visualization in political, satellite, hybrid, or terrain map format.

AmphibiaWeb was created in conjunction with the Digital Library Project
at the University of California, Berkeley.
The technology used for viewing species information and photos continues to be supported and developed by the same people, now part of
BSCIT.

As part of the University of California, we are a U.S. non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and all gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.